Today, the Whiting Foundation announced the ten winners of the 2025 Whiting Nonfiction Grant for Works-in-Progress. Each winner will receive $40,000 to support the completion of their nonfiction project, and will also receive “strategic publicity guidance” from Press Shop PR. Read more >
Cozy winter season is upon us, and the publishing world is finally letting us catch up to their endless output. It’s time to peruse the “Best of” lists (like ours, here) and discover all the great books we’ve missed. And Read more >
Two Palestinians are gathering donations to create a public library in Gaza, after Israel’s war and genocide destroyed nearly all existing libraries, schools, and universities. The two men, Omar Hamad and Ibrahim, are avid readers who have spent years trying Read more >
Six months ago, Anthony Aycock wrote a piece for this website called “How a Single Court Case Could Determine the Future of Book Banning in America” in which he detailed a case working its way through the American judicial system: Read more >
We’re currently nestled in the period between Thanksgiving and the winter holidays, when time acts strangely and the calendar never behaves like it’s supposed to. It’s the perfect season to steal away to read a book, and force time to Read more >
The late William Roberts was a Pennsylvania lawyer, philanthropist, and self-identified bibliophile. And as The Philadelphia Inquirer reported in his recent obit, when the bookstore near his home closed, a window opened. Roberts, a devoted reader, bought the store’s entire Read more >
The Institute of Museum and Library Services issued a short and sweet update on Wednesday announcing the restoration of all grants supporting libraries and museums: Upon further review, the Institute of Museum and Library Services has reinstated all federal grants. Read more >
This week, Lit Hub ate buffet style. We followed individual whims, and satisfied diverse appetites. Literally? We gamed, we read, and we giggled. Emily Temple’s nice thing of the week was music. Says our managing editor: “After years of being Read more >
Tomorrow is the Feast of St. Nicholas, a celebration of the patron saint of children, travelers, sailors, toymakers, broadcasters, the falsely accused, repentant thieves, Greece, archers, unmarried people, and the Russian Navy. St. Nick also inspired Santa Claus, so the Read more >
Streaming is over. The magazine is back. And everyone who’s too online is apparently getting off again. The time is ripe for an analog revolution. And where better to start than the stacks? As Claire Woodcock reported in 404 Media Read more >
Some of us just can’t seem to quit a certain Connecticut town. Maybe it’s the pancakes at the diner. The quaint local color. Or maybe it’s those unlikely palm trees, swaying in the distance. Either way, despite the inscrutably speedy Read more >
R.F. Kuang, the bestselling novelist behind Katabasis, Yellowface, and Babel, is taking a stand with the BDS movement. Citing a call from the organizers of the Palestinian BDS (or, Boycott, Divest, and Sanction) National Committee, the popular author withdrew from Read more >
As Lit Hub’s resident Caro-head, it is my sworn duty to bring you any and all news about Caro, The Power Broker, or any updates on how the latest LBJ volume is going. The latest news for the Broker-pilled is Read more >
There’s nothing brave or noble about admitting that I am completely engrossed by the ongoing Olivia Nuzzi saga. It’s not just that it’s tawdry, or that all the players are, to varying degrees, despicable. It’s also the Wider Implications, for Read more >
If you’re a fan of Kids Can Press or Canadian writer Paulette Bourgeois’s Franklin the Turtle, you may have come across this statement on social media yesterday: — Kids Can Press (@kidscanpress.bsky.social) 2025-12-01T23:18:59.601Z Why is a kids book publisher Read more >
It’s unusual to encounter good news these days, particularly on social media. So I was delighted to come across this image on Bluesky earlier today, of a letter to the Times of London in reference to the great Tom Stoppard, Read more >
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